The Group, from our youngest member of 4 years old through to our oldest member, being our Group President, gathered as one to remember all those who have died in wars and conflicts, filing St Margaret’s Church to overflowing. The service was led by Revd Dominic Desouza-Campbell, where we heard …
Groups from around Crawley gathered at their local churches or memorials for Remembrance Sunday earlier this week. Each Remembrance Sunday, Scouts in cities, towns and villages across the UK show their support for the sacrifices made by our servicemen and women. As Britain entered the First World War on 4 …
Our poppy field has been planted. Over the summer the young people collected bottles which have been recycled into poppies, 350 poppies were then planted around St Margaret’s Church, Ifield for the community to use for reflection.
At the beginning of half term, Beavers and Cubs from 1st Northgate and 5th Crawley spent a day learning about the five senses and disability. Among other things they tasted different flavours, wrote with their feet, felt things they couldn’t see, identified different aromas and tried being a wheelchair pusher …
Last week saw Cub Scouts from around the District come together for the annual conker competition. A great day saw the young people compete against each other outside before the weather got the better of them and had to move inside for the finals. One of the Cubs has written …
On Sunday 29th September 2nd Ifield gathered for our Harvest Festival. The service led by Fr Dominic at St Margaret’s Church, Ifield saw the church full with the youngest Squirrel to the oldest Adult member along with parents and friends of the Group. We all heard from Fr Dominic about …
This weekend saw Cub Scouts from around the District come together for the annual conker competition. A great day saw the young people compete against each other outside before the weather got the better of them and had to move inside for the finals. Congratulations to Heidi, 3rd, Alex, 2nd …
1st Northgate Cubs have recently returned from their summer camp. One of the Cubs has submitted the below camp write up sharing all the fun they got up too! Day One Mummy and daddy dropped me off and we put our stuff in the place we needed and our camp …
On 24 July, twenty Cub Scouts in a minibus and leaders cars with Craig towing the box trailer with all our equipment in, drove down to Bushy Wood Camp Site in Hailsham, Sussex. The Cubs in the minibus sang as we drove down on a hot sunny day. After being …
Congratulations to all the young people who received award certificates. Beaver Scouts’ Chief Scout Bronze Award and Cub Scouts’ Chief Scout Silver Awards certificates were presented by Tom Dalton our County lead volunteer and Ollie Gldman our District lead volunteer. These awards are the highest the young people can achieve …
Last night (08/05/2024) the 2nd Ifield meet for their annual review. The evening started with the business part of the meeting which the Parents, Leaders, SASU and Explorer Scouts sat in while the young people were outside. This only took 15 minutes and then the young people joined us. …
This weekend saw the annual Ifield May Fayre which 2nd Ifield has supported for many years. It all started on Sunday with a number of adults spending time building the rope bridge and dredging the pond on a nice warm afternoon.Monday morning we all woke to heavy rain, and some flooding, but …
